Wrack

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 747

Wrack, a term loosely given to various seaweeds, especially to the Fucaceæ, common on British shores, long valuable as a source of Kelp (q.v.), and utilised as manure. See SEAWEEDES, FUCUS, KELP. For Wrack Grass, see GRASS-WRACK.

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